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Oresund (Öresund in Swedish or Øresund in Danish) or The Sound, is the strait that separates Zealand from Scania, and thereby Denmark from Sweden. Oresund connects the Baltic Sea to the Atlantic Ocean (via Kattegat, Skagerrak, and the North Sea), and is one of the busiest waterways in the world. View over Öresund from northern Helsingborg Picture taken by User:Abelson in June 2003. ...
View over Öresund from northern Helsingborg Picture taken by User:Abelson in June 2003. ...
Swedish (svenska listen?) is a Scandinavian language language spoken predominantly in Sweden, Finland and Åland by over 8 million native speakers. ...
Danish is one of the Scandinavian languages, a sub-group of the Germanic group of the Indo-European language family. ...
Simplified diagram A strait is a narrow channel of water that connects two larger bodies of water, and thus lies between two land masses. ...
This article is about the Danish island. ...
Scania (Skåne) is the southernmost historical Province (landskap) of Sweden. ...
The Kingdom of Denmark is geographically the smallest Nordic country and is part of the European Union. ...
The Baltic Sea is located in Northern Europe, bounded by the Scandinavian Peninsula, the mainland of east and central Europe, and the Danish islands. ...
The Atlantic Ocean is Earths second-largest ocean, covering approximately one-fifth of its surface. ...
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The North Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean, located between the coasts of Norway and Denmark in the east, the coast of the British Isles in the west, and the German, Dutch, Belgian and French coasts in the south. ...
Political control of Oresund has been an important issue in Danish (and Swedish) history. Danish military control was maintained with the coastal fortress of Kronborg at Elsinore (Danish: Helsingør) on the western side, and Kärnan at Helsingborg on the eastern side, of Öresund's neck, where the strait is only 4.5 kilometers wide. Kronborg Castle as seen from the sea Kronborg Castle is situated near the town of Elsinore (Danish Helsingør) on the extreme tip of Zealand at the narrowest point of the Oresund (Danish Øresund), the sound between Denmark and Sweden. ...
Elsinore (Danish Helsingør) is a Danish city at the north-east point of Zealand. ...
Helsingborg [hɛlsiŋbɔrj] is a municipality (population 117,737) and city in Scania in southernmost Sweden. ...
A kilometre (American spelling: kilometer) (symbol: km) is a unit of length equal to 1000 metres (from the Greek words khilia = thousand and metro = count/measure). ...
In 1429 King Eric of Pomerania introduced the Oresund-Toll. Every ship passing Elsinore had to pay duty to the Danish Crown (regardless if the cargo was en route to or from Denmark or not). The Øresund-Toll was for centuries the Crown's most important income, making the kings relatively independent of Denmark's Privy Council and aristocracy. Swedish ships were since 1645 relieved from the toll. After 1658, when Terra Scania was ceded to Sweden, the toll could not be enforced as before, but it wasn't abolished until 1857. Events January 10 - Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, founds the European Order of the Golden Fleece February 12 - Battle of Rouvray (or of the Herrings). English Forces under Sir John Fastolf defend a supply convoy carrying rations to the Earl of Suffolks army at Orleans from attack by...
Eric of Pomerania, Erik af Pommern (Danish title), Erik av Pommern (Erik III) (Norwegian title) or Erik av Pommern (Eric XIII) (Swedish title), was adopted by Margaret I of Denmark and became king of Norway (1389-1442), of Denmark (1412-1439), and of Sweden and the Kalmar Union (1396-1439). ...
The word toll can mean more than one thing: In the context of roads, see toll road and toll bridge In the context of New Zealand transport, see Toll NZ In the context of Australian transport, see Toll Holdings In the context of genetics, see toll (gene) In the context...
For usages of The Crown in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, see Crown of the Polish Kingdom. ...
The Council of State (Statsrådet) The Council of State (Statsrådet) is the Danish Privy Council. ...
Aristocracy is a form of government in which rulership is in the hands of an upper class known as aristocrats. ...
Events February 15 - English Civil War: New Model Army is founded officially June 14 - English Civil War: Battle of Naseby - 12,000 Royalist forces are beaten by 15,000 Parliamentarian soldiers June 28 - English Civil War - the Royalists lose Carlisle July 2: Fight at Alford, Aberdeenshire October 8: Jeanne Mance...
Events January 13 - Edward Sexby, who has plotted against Oliver Cromwell, dies in Tower of London February 6 - Swedish troops of Charles X Gustav of Sweden cross from Sweden to Denmark over frozen sea May 1 - Publication of Hydriotaphia, Urn Burial and The Garden of Cyrus by Thomas Browne September...
Terra Scania, or Skåneland, once constituted the eastern part of the Danish kingdom. ...
1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...
A bridge across the sound, the Oresund Bridge, was inaugurated on July 1, 2000 by King Carl XVI Gustav of Sweden and Queen Margaret II of Denmark. This article is about the edifice. ...
The Oresund Bridge The Oresund Bridge (joint Danish/Swedish hybrid name: Øresundsbron) is a combined two-track rail and four-lane road bridge across the Oresund strait. ...
July 1 is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 183 days remaining. ...
His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf (Carl Gustaf Folke Hubertus), styled HM The King (born April 30, 1946), King of Sweden, is the son of Prince Gustaf Adolf (1906-1947) and Sibylla of Saxe_Coburg_Gotha (1908-1972), and the grandson of King Gustav VI Adolf. ...
Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II (Margrethe Alexandrine Þorhildur Ingrid), styled HM The Queen (born April 16, 1940), is the Queen regnant and head of state of Denmark. ...
Notable islands
Amager is a Danish island in the Øresund. ...
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Peberholm, literally Pepper islet, is an artificial island which was built as part of the Oresund Bridge between Denmark and Sweden. ...
Before Mexico City, Tenochtitlan was an artificial island of 250,000 (Dr Atl) Dejima, not allowed direct contact with nearby island that has been formed by human, rather than natural means. ...
Hven, or Ven, is a small Swedish island in the Öresund strait, between Scania and Zealand. ...
See also The Oresund Region (Øresundsregionen in Danish or Öresundsregionen in Swedish) is a transnational region in southern Scandinavia located by the shores of the Oresund strait. ...
External links - Öresundskonsortiet (http://www.oresundskonsortiet.com/) - Official web site of the bridge builders
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